Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and went on to publish accounts of his extensive travels to India, Palestine and Persia. His criticisms of the East India Company and the Bengal government led to his expulsion from India in 1823. In the 1830s he became a Member of Parliament and campaigned for social reforms and for the promotion of the temperance movement. He founded several journals, including the periodical The Athenaeum, covering a wide range of topics from literature to popular science. This illustrated two-volume work, published in 1827, recounts Buckingham's journey through Mesopotamia, giving descriptions of its ancient sites and opinions of its modern inhabitants. In Volume 2, Buckingham continues his travels through Mesopotamia, from Sinjar in the north-west of the region to the city of Baghdad.

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Product details
- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108042154
- length: 588 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 33 mm
- weight: 0.74kg
- contains: 15 b/w illus. 1 map
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. From the Plain of Sinjar, by Romoila, to Mousul
2. Description of Mousul
3. Visit to the ruins of Nineveh, and journey from Mousul to the River Lycus
4. From Ain Koura, by the ancient Arbela, to Kerkook
5. From Kerkook, by Kiffree, to Kara Tuppe, or the Black Hill
6. From Kara Tuppe, by Delhi Abass, to Bagdad
7. Description of Bagdad
8. Excursion to Akkerkoof
9. Journey from Bagdad to the ruins of Babylon
10. Search after the walls of Babylon
11. Visit to the Tower of Babel and Temple of Belus, or the Birs Nimrood
12. Observations made at Bagdad
13. Excursion to the ruins of Ctesiphon and Seleucia
14. Further stay in Bagdad
Appendix
Index.

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